Text 3] King Citraketu’s Lamentation 3

dered how it was possible for him to have become such an exalted
devotee.

TEXT 2
BTA TATATAPLNT ASTRA |
BPSK A TATTSTAA HI 2 I

devanam suddha-sattvanam
rsinam camalatmaném

bhaktir mukunda-carane
na prayenopajayate

devanam—of the demigods; suddha-sattvanam—whose minds are
purified; rsinam—of great saintly persons; ca—and; amala-at-
manam—who have purified their existence; bhaktih—devotional ser-
vice; mukunda-carane —to the lotus feet of Mukunda, the Lord, who can
give liberation; na—not; prdyena—almost always; upajdyate—
develops.

TRANSLATION

Demigods situated in the mode of goodness and great saints
cleansed of the dirt of material enjoyment hardly ever render pure
devotional service at the lotus feet of Mukunda. [Therefore how
could Vrtrasura have become such a great devotee?]

TEXT 3
Tift: aa: Nae Aaa: |
at A Fated WANs Tae: i 3 i

rajobhih sama-sankhyatah
parthivair iha jantavah

tesam ye kecanehante
Sreyo vai manujadayah

rajobhih—with the atoms; sama-sankhyatah—having the same
numerical strength; parthivaih—of the earth; iha—in this world; jan-
tavah—the living entities; tesam—of them; ye—those who; kecana—
